Ancient megalodon shark could eat a whale in just a few bites

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Ancient megalodon shark could eat a whale in just a few bites
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The first 3D reconstruction of a huge, ancient shark called megalodon suggests it was even bigger than previously thought

Megalodon, an ancient shark, had such a huge appetite that it could have swallowed an 8-metre-long whale in just a few bites, according to the first 3D reconstruction of the predator. This new description upgrades its already gigantic size to at least 16 metres long and a weight of 61.5 tonnes.

Previous calculations of megalodon’s size suggested it was around 14 metres long and weighed 48 tonnes, but

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